The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro lack hardware-enabled ray tracing.
This feature allows for more realistic lighting and reflections, but few games support it.
Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung, and Apple chips all support ray tracing, though.
Google launched the Pixel 8 series last week, and the phones are powered by a Tensor G3 chipset that’s a big upgrade on paper over last year’s silicon. Unfortunately, the Pixel 8 phones don’t support one emerging graphical technology.
Google confirmed to Android Authority that the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro don’t support hardware-based ray tracing. This is a technology used to produce more realistic lighting, reflections, and shadows in games and other applications.
